Author Topic: polyurethane motor mounts  (Read 3052 times)

Offline seventy5GMC

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polyurethane motor mounts
« on: July 17, 2015, 01:20:15 pm »
Hi everyone
I drilled out the rivets on stock motor mounts (1975 GMC c-20 Sierra, 350,2wd)
to replace with these fancy red urethane blocks, do I need to re-rivet or bolt the 2 pieces again or are the mounting bolts good enough?
appreciate the feed back ahead of time
Joe in Redwood

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Re: polyurethane motor mounts
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2015, 01:43:12 pm »
Using the engine mounts bolts is fine. The rivets old the the halves together during assembly at the factory when the truck is built, allows for faster assembly. It is very common to remove these rivets when changing engine mounts. You can use zip ties to hold it somewhat together while you put the mounts back in, once the bolts are started or half way bolted down, cut the zip ties off, tighten the bolts and you will be down the road motors. I did mine over 2 years ago, haven't had a single issue yet, that includes 2 different engines being swapped in and out.
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Re: polyurethane motor mounts
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2015, 03:51:29 pm »
thanks for the reply
naturally I didn't open the instructions before posting the question,and they were as your post stated.
thanks

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Re: polyurethane motor mounts
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2015, 09:18:21 pm »
Haha. It's ok, we are guys, instructions are the last thing we look at and first thing we throw away.
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Re: polyurethane motor mounts
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2015, 08:58:31 am »
lol normally we have to dig them out of the trash to read them
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Re: polyurethane motor mounts
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2015, 01:35:08 pm »
lol normally we have to dig them out of the trash to read them
Yessss haha
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